Wounded soldiers arriving at the London Hospital from the front, August 1914.

The Daily Telegraph on 31st August reported that, 'Just before 9 o'clock last night 117 of the British soldiers who have been wounded in the great battle of early part of last week arrived in the metropolis and were taken to the London Hospital. They were loudly cheered as they drove through the streets in vans taxicabs to their destination and they were obviously pleased at their reception.'۪